Biodiversity and Conservation NEET PYQs

The type of conservation in which the threatened species are taken out from their natural habitat and placed in special setting where they can be protected and given special care is called:

Tropical regions show greatest level of species richness because:

A. Tropical latitudes have remained relatively undisturbed for millions of years, hence more time was available for species diversification.
B. Tropical environments are more seasonal.
C. More solar energy is available in tropics.
D. Constant environments promote niche specialization.
E. Tropical environments are constant and predictable.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

These are regarded as major causes of biodiversity loss:

A. Over exploitation
B. Co-extinction
C. Mutation
D. Habitat loss and fragmentation
E. Migration

Choose the correct option:

List of endangered species was released by:

Match List I with List II:

	List-I		List-II
A.	Robert May	I.	Species-Area relationship
B.	Alexander von Humboldt	II.	Long term ecosystem experiment using out door plots
C.	Paul Ehrlich	III.	Global species diversity at about 7 million
D.	David Tilman	IV.	Rivet popper hypothesis

Choose the correct answer form the options given below:

Arrange the following in descending order of the number of species in the Amazonian rain forest:

(a) Plants
(b) Birds
(c) Fishes
(d) Invertebrates
(e) Mammals

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Given below are two statements:

Assertion (A): Abingdon tortoise in Galapagos Islands became extinct within a decade after goats were introduced.

Reason (R): Goats were more efficient at browsing than Abingdon tortoise.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Since the origin and diversification of life on Earth, there have been five episodes of mass extinction of species.

How is the sixth, which is in progress, different from the previous episodes?

"The Evil Quartet" of biodiversity loss includes which of the following?

Which of the following is an in situ conservation method?